Milk bottle brush



Sept. l0, 1940. J. c. sTINNETT 2,214,684

MILK BTTLE BRUSH Filed May 20, 1939 Inventor J 6725222.22131 f Patented Sept. 10, 1940 UNITEDy STATES PATENT OFFICE l 2,214,684 M ILK BOTTLE BRUSH James Clarence Stinnett, Stephenville, Tex.

Application May 20, 1939 Serial Nof 274,831

f 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a brush yfor cleaning milk bottles, the general object of the invention beingv to provide means whereby the recess in the mouth ofthe bottle which receives the cap can be easily and quickly cleaned while the rest of the interior of the bottle is being cleaned.

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby the bristles can be readily connected with the handle extension of the brush.l

This inventionl also consists in certain other vfeatures of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts to be hereinafter fullyV described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in'detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the'several views, and in which:

Figure l is a view showing how the brush is used to clean the interior of a bottle, the bottle being shown in section.

Figure 2 is a detail view with parts in section showing how the bristles are connected with the handle extension.

Figure 3 is a View of the lower end ofthe handle extension.

bristles are arranged on a wire. l

Figure 5 is a detail view of' the metal strip used for holding the bristles on the'wire.

In the drawing the handle is shownkat l and the extension of the handle or bristle carrying part is shown at 2 and in carrying out the invention a double conical enlargement 3 is formed at the junction of the handle'l with the extension 2. The lower portion of the enlargement which is in the shape of a substantially inverted cone is provided with the grooves 4 which are connected together by the crossgroove 5 and in placing the bristles 6 in the grooves the bristles are attached toa wire 'lwand this wire 1 with the bristles thereon is rst passed through the bottom groove 4, then up through a portion of the cross groove 5 then through the second groove 4, then through Vthe rest of the groove 5 into the uppermost groovel 4. The bottom of the extension 2 is formed of a tapered parti which is provided with the grooves 9 and the flat end of this tapered part is formed with the cross grooves I0. The grooves 9 are connected together by -a substantially vertical groove Il. A wire with the bristles thereon is passed through one of the grooves Il), then through a. quarter of the lowermost groove 9 and through the other groove l0, Then the wire is passed through Figure 4 is a detail view showing how the4 the lowermost groove 9, then up through a portion of the groove Il into the second groove 9 and so on until these grooves 9 are illed with bristles. Then the bristle carrying wire is passed through the spiral Agroove I2 to form the major portion of the body of the bristle carrying part of the brush. A

As will be seen from Figure 1 the enlarged part 3 carrying the bristles will cause the bristles carried thereby to engage the annular recess iii in .a bottle B, this recess normally receiving the closure cap, so that the bristles will clean this recess at the same time the rest yof the bristles are cleaning the side walls and the bott-om of the interior of the bottle.

A exible metal strip i6 provided with the slits il is bent around the looped parts of the bristles on the wire as shown in Figure 4 to hold the bristlesV on the'wire and the parts can be held in the groove in any suitable manner such as by packing certain portions of the wire carrying bristles in portions of the groove. shown vin Figures 1 and 2 the upper portions of the stem 2 is free of bristles so that there are no bristles to come in the neck portion of the bottle when the brush is in place, as shown in Figure 1, this portion of the bottle being cleaned as the brush is pushed into the bottle and removed therefrom.

It is thought from the foregoing description 'that the advantages and novel features of the* invention will be readily apparent.

It is to beunderstood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement ofthe several parts provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim. v

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A lbottle cleaning brush comprising an elon- 'gated shank having a tapered lower end terminating in a flat part, cross grooves in said shank, said enlargement having a portion tapering downwardly to the shank and said portion having grooves therein and .a bristle carrying Wire passing through said grooves, the bristles last mentioned sloping downwardly and outwardly and at a greater slope than the bristles carried bythe wire in the spiral groove.

JAMES C. STINNETI. 

